From craftsman's workshop to international group

Solid handicraft has been a tradition at Wanzl from the outset. This erstwhile craftsman's workshop has long since become a global group with a wide and varied product range with impressive production depth. Our focus is on premium quality, new technologies, and innovative and functional design.

1918

Rudolf Wanzl Senior opens a locksmith's in Giebau (Sudetenland).

1947

New beginning after expulsion: Rudolf Wanzl Senior and Rudolf Wanzl Junior establish a workshop in Leipheim for scale manufacturing and repair service.

1948

Wanzl products are used in the first self-service pilot project in Augsburg.

2003

2005

2006

The Hotel Service business division is added. A branch is established in Ukraine.

2007

A separate Wanzl plant with administration and production is opened in China. The production areas in the Leipheim plants II and IV are expanded.

Wanzl plant in Shanghai

Wanzl plant II in Leipheim

Wanzl plant IV in Leipheim

2008

Opening of the branch in the United Arab Emirates.

2009

The Wanzl Creative Center is opened and a branch is founded in India. There is also an increase in "non-food" shopfitting, due to the integration of Unseld, a shopfitting firm with an efficient joiner workshop.

2011

In China, systems for electroplating and surface coating are brought into operation.

2012

Acquisition of the North American market leader in shopping trolley manufacture, Technibilt/Cari-All.

2014

The new electroplating system is launched in plant IV. The new sales centre and warehouse are opened in Austria.

2017

Takeover of Scandinavian shopfitting specialists Expedit. Expansion of production areas in the Hněvotín plant, Czech Republic